[gentoo-user] gentoo install speechless

[Jude DaShiell]

I got gentoo to boot and espeak although in the default run level with
speakup-soft=soft enabled in the kernel espeak is silent.  I know the
system booted since I uncommented the TUNE line in grub and also added in
pcspkr into the kernel so was able to do a root login and then hit
backspace and the pc speaker beeps.  I did not yet emerge alsa-utils if
such a package exists in gentoo yet.  I'll have to use the install disk
again and get to chroot /mnt/gentoo environment again and try to emerge
alsa-utils to run speaker-test.  I did hear speakers click twice during
the boot process so those probably work.
For me it takes about 2 days to do this kind of linux install with gentoo
and even with fedora moonshine that took less time to install and have
come up talking.
I did not go the systemd route, systemd looked lots more complex and I'm
having plenty of trouble with openrc as things stand.
More later as I find it out.  Probably good an accessibility podcast for
gentoo is never done, I think such a podcast would deter any potential
accessibility users from ever attempting an install of gentoo.



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